Enjoying the ride

We met up with friends in W'ville for some fun time on the boat and last surfin' of the year (at least for me!) and captured some great shots of the girl enjoying her time on the boat! Mostly she loved watching daddy surf and was giving him the best smiles...

Surfslam weekend

We had the first ever jet ski competition in the Oregon Coast, lucky for us, it was at Tierra so we didn't have to travel at all. It was such a fun time - awesome event, great weather, crazy waves and fun time with friends. Had an awesome time with everyone - amazing to see how many kids we all have now! Big thanks to my sister who helped with the kiddos, couldn't have had as much fun if she wasn't around! Gave us time to go out and party also. Thank you Kimberly for the amazing pictures - I was so busy I didn't have time to take any pictures! Good memories, can't wait for next year.

A good excuse to watch a video...

We had some freak rain storm while out camping, so I decided that it wouldn't hurt to turn on a Baby Einstein video for the kiddos to watch while we let the weather pass. They were quite content and happy, who knew camping in the rain could be fun?!

Camping - kids style

Camping at the Gorge marked the 4th time this summer that we've camped with the kids. Pretty good considering Kadence is only 6 months! She's proven to be a pretty good camper. Of course Aden is a pro and enjoys sleeping in a tent! Darin and I used to camp a lot when we first started dating, so it's nice to see that we can still do it and enjoy it with our kids. Looking forward to lots of camping each year!






Kadence lounging in her chair












The girls hanging out in their exersaucers:

DMB 2009

Another year has passed - we once again made our trek to the Gorge to see my beloved DMB. Camping with friends, crazy weather, a little surfin' and 2 nights of shows. This is the first and probably last year of taking both kids to the shows. They did awesome, although it's a little tough on us not having a break from carrying heavy load. We were on row 15 both nights (Fri & Sun nights) - with 2 kids!!! Kadence slept through the entire concert both nights. Aden enjoyed listening to his favorite songs and was just in awe of seeing Dave and the guys up close. We tried to get him to stay up for most of the night, but with no nap during the day due to the hectic schedule, he just can't last and fell asleep halfway through the show both nights. A few other concert goers asked to take pictures of us with the kids, and we got lots of comments about how great we were to take our kids with us to the shows. They can't believe that this is Aden's 4th year going to the shows, been to 8 concerts and he's only 3!! I'm sure others thought we were crazy also. Oh well, to each their own!

Little Miss

She's growing way too fast right before our eyes. Seems like I blinked and here she is...6 months old and on the go. Time flies way too fast!

My pretty girl...

Kadence enjoying her "box" on the beach:

Beach Fun with the Fam

A couple of weeks ago, my family stayed with us at the beach. We had such awesome time with them and enjoyed having all the kids! Aden LOVED hanging out with his cousins and it was amazing how we didn't even have to take care of him all weekend long. He was so busy playing with everyone and he just had a blast having everyone to play with! We did lots of walking on the beach, climbed the sand & rock dunes and played in the tide pool. We hope to see everyone more often and get together again!

The girl in the chariot

Kadence is enjoying the Chariot more and more as she gets a lot bigger. She would fall asleep immediately as soon as we start moving. I'm sure she'll use it as much as her brother did (which we still stick him in there when we need to, although he's getting too big for it!)

Similarities?

Do they look alike even though their skin tones are so different?!!

Not a bad shot for a 3-year old

Aden insisted on taking our picture and it turned out ok...

She's no ugly duckling...

I may be biased but she's one cute duck!

Busy Summer

We've been super busy this summer...lots of stuff going on. Seems like we've been on the go and the bags are constantly getting packed and unpacked! Weekends has been filled with lots of trips to the beach and lots of great activities. Darin has even commented that we're pushing the kids to the max! Luckily, they're adapting very well and has been enjoying the adventure. Here's some of what we've done so far:

Camping at Ft. Stevens with the Andersons:

Zoo with Friends:

Lots of boating and surfing:

There's no signs of slowing down for us until maybe in October! I'm tired just thinking about it...

Swimming class

We took advantage of the free week of swimming classes and met up with Karly, Tristan & Kaia. Tristan and Aden took the classes together and had a great time. We only got to do the classes a couple of days that week due to our busy schedule...definitely be signing up for more classes since Aden had a blast!

Kadence enjoyed being outside and watching her brother swim.

Big girl on the bumbo

Hanging on the hammock

The kiddos enjoying some hammock time...

Father's Day weekend

We spent Father's Day weekend at the beach with the Seteras. It was a fun weekend - lots of walks to the beach, playing in tide pools, hiked up the dune, basking in the sun and great company. Nancy & I stayed up way too late each night, the boys didn't have a chance keeping up with us! The kids had a great time as usual. We were lucky to have great weather and we topped it off by having dinner outside at the Pelican on our way back home and enjoyed the sun even though it got a bit chilly towards the end of the day!

Aden eating a snack on a rock by the tide pools

On the way up the dune

Family shot at the top of the dune - gotta love the view!

Eating dinner at the Pelican